Julien Fattebert

Research interests
Animal movement, Habitat selection, Dispersal, Landscape connectivity, Conservation biology, Wildlife management
Current position and affiliations
2019 Jan-present Post-doctoral Research Associate – University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Wyoming Migration Initiative
Ungulate migration and wildlife corridor modelling
Supervision: Matthew Kauffman
2016 Sep-present Honorary Research Fellow – University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences
Education
2014 Apr PhD in Biology (Ecology) – University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Dissertation: ‘Spatial ecology of a leopard population recovering from over-harvest’
2005 Feb MSc (cum laude) in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution – University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel,
Switzerland
Thesis: ‘Population structure, population size and space use of wild boar Sus scrofa in Canton Geneva,
Switzerland’ [in French]
Research experience
2016 Jun-2018 Dec Post-doctoral researcher – Swiss Ornithological Institute Vogelwarte, Sempach, Switzerland
Habitat, dispersal movement, and connectivity modelling in little owls
Supervision: Martin Grüebler & Beat Naef-Daenzer
2015 Feb-Aug Post-doctoral visiting scholar – University of Montana, Missoula, USA
Dispersal ecology and landscape connectivity modelling in large felids
Supervision: Hugh Robinson & Mark Hebblewhite
2014 Apr-2014 Dec Post-doctoral research fellow – University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Wildlife movement and landscape ecology, diverse taxa
Supervision: Rob Slotow
2010 Mar-2014 Mar PhD candidate – University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Leopard spatial and dispersal ecology – MunYaWana Leopard Project, Panthera, New York, USA
Supervision: Rob Slotow & Luke Hunter
2008 Nov-2009 Jan Wildlife biologist – University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Spatial assessment of risk of wild boar disease spillover to domestic pig
Supervision: Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis
2006 Nov-2008 Sep Wildlife biologist – KORA Carnivore Ecology and Wildlife Management, Muri b. Bern, Switzerland
Eurasian lynx population monitoring
Supervision: Urs Breitenmoser & Fridolin Zimmermann
2004 Feb-2005 Feb MSc candidate – University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Wild boar population and spatial ecology – Wildlife Service of Canton Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Supervision: Claude Fischer, Eric Baubet & Bruno Betschart
Curriculum vitae, as on 30 November 2020 J Fattebert
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Teaching experience
2019 Nov Instructor – University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
Workshop on modelling landscape connectivity in R
2019 Sept-Dec Lecturer – University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
Intro to R for Wildlife Ecologists (ZOO 5890); 2x2 hours weekly co-teaching with Jerod Merkle
2017 Oct Instructor – Swiss Ornithological Institute Vogelwarte, Sempach, Switzerland
Workshop on animal telemetry data analyses in R
2015 Apr Guest lecturer – University of Montana, Missoula, USA
Postgraduate lecture on landscape connectivity
Undergraduate lecture on leopard conservation and spatial ecology
2013 Feb-Jun Teaching assistant – University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Undergraduate lab in population and community ecology
2008 Nov-Dec Teaching assistant – University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
GIS training to veterinary graduate studen